It s always something. This week, "only" 113,964 people a day are catching Covid (2,306/day are still dying) and that s only a bit more than 1% of the population per month – so we should be (relatively) celebrating BUT NOOOOOOOO – now it s the Ukraine and the kind of "Will they or won t they?" thing that keeps TV viewers coming back for more every week.
agenda may be decided this week. house speaker nancy pelosi releasing a new letter to members today reading in part, september 30th is a date fraught with meaning. this week we must pass a continuing resolution, build back better act and the bif. that means she expects both the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and the bipartisan infrastructure bills to pass the house this week. now, she called for the democratic caucus to meet monday at 5:30 to discuss and hammer out all these issues. a major sticking point is as always the deliberation of senator joe manchin. the west virginia democrat has requested a pause in the reconciliation negotiations. i think a good reconciliation vote could be done whenever. so that drew the ire of freshman progressive richie torres in an appearance on msnbc this morning. watch. there s no greater threat to the democratic majority in the house and the presidency of joe biden than government gridlock.
there s no greater threat to the democratic majority in the house and the presidency of joe biden than government gridlock. and the government gridlock is coming from the likes of joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. we no longer live in a democracy. we seem to live under the tyranny of joe manchin. we re all democrats so let s just finish this, get the reconciliation bill done as was agreed upon in the senate, when those senators voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill. they did so on the condition that this exact thing we re saying right now is what happens. the reconciliation bill passes and then we ll be happy to vote for the bill. the thing is you cannot act surprised because that was a reference to the fact the structure of the agreement actually goes back all the way to june when president biden announced the bipartisan infrastructure deal between a group of 21 senators. now at the time biden said he
allowing the child tax credit to expire and plunging 10 million people deeper into poverty. there is nothing moderate about turning a blind eye to climate change. that is not moderation. that is extremism. what do you say to people who are trying to be pragmatic? it has something to do with the fact that my seat is definitely in danger next time around and our majority is in danger. we re not sure how this is going to go over. dozen political expediency and maintaining the control of the house of representatives figure into your argument? yes, for the build back better act is popular. it is not just good government, but good politics. there is no greater threat to the democratic majority of the house and presidency of joe biden than government gridlock. it is coming from manchin and sinema.
combative as the president tussled with reporters and he threatened government gridlock of democrats pursue investigations into his administration almost from the time i announced i was going to run they ve been giving us this investigation for take a long time they got nothing zero you know why because there is nothing but they can play that game but we can play it better bracing for that contest as the democrats jubilant house leader nancy pelosi she said voters wanted her party to hold the trumpet ministration to account and she vowed to deliver. american people have put want to put an end to unchecked g.o.p. control of washington restoring checks and balances and we as democrats are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve and not to have a. president trump this but pelosi also promised efforts to work with republicans.